Braiding-machine.



PATENTBD MAR. 12, 1907.

No 347,005. a" E. KIRBBRG.

I BRAIDING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED APR-13, 1906.

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Nd. 847,005. PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907. r J. E. KIRBERG.

BRAIDI'NG MACHINE. I APPLICATION FILED AP.R.13,1906;

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MR "cums PETERS 470., wasmucmn n c No. 847,005. PATBNTEDMAR. 12, 1907.

J..B. KIRBERG. BRAIDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APB-.13, 1906.

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nve'ntoz fid ' MW i :IINIIIED S'IAIi PAEEN'I OFFICE.

JACOB E. KIRBERG, OF PHILADELPHIA, HENSEL-COLLADAY COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA,

CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO PENNSYLVANIA, A

BRAlDlNG-IVIACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March. 12, 1907.

Application filed April 13, 1906. Serial No. 311,499.

different kind of braid without dismantling the machine.

A further object of my invention is to so construct the end wheels of the trains and their adjuncts that when it is desired to produce a different kind of braid it will be unnecessary to change more than one of these gears.

In the present instance I have shown but one combination which is produced; but it will be apparent that other combinations may be made, and for convenience of illustration I have shown the end wheels of the train as adapted to produce a diamond braid, in which each of the end wheels are provided with six notches or slots co acting with wheels having four notches or slots therein. In order to produce an open braid, one of the end wheels of the train which forms the selvage must have five notches or slots therein, and the other end wheel of the train must have three notches or slots therein.

I-Ieretofore in order to adapt the machine to roduce an open braid, in which the end wheels of the train have the relation of five to three to the other wheels, when the machine is arranged for producing a diamond braid it has been necessary to change both of the end gears of the train. One of the wheels having six notches therein is replaced by a wheel having five notches therein, and the other wheel having six notches or slots therein is replaced with one having three notches therein. By the employment of a construction such as herein shown it is only necessary to replace one of the wheels having six notches with a wheel having five notches thereon, the other end wheel of the train which forms the selvage being adapted to be so adjusted that it is unnecessary to replace the same, said wheel being so driven that it performs the change both of the wheels same function as a wheel having three notches therein.

To the above ends my invention consists, broadly, of a novel construction and arrangement of gearing by means of which the end wheel having six notches therein is connected with respect to the other wheels of the train in such a manner that by adjusting a suitable fastening device this end or selvage wheel will perform the same purpose as if a wheel having three notches or slots therein was substituted therefor.

It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents a plan view of a portion of a braiding-machine embodying my invention having certain parts thereof removed for clearness of illustration. Fig. 2 represents a section on line if. :13, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a section on line 1 1 Fig. 1.v Fig; 4 represents a section on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 represents a sectional elevation of a detached portion of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 represents a sectional elevation of a detached portion of Fig. 4. Fig. 7 represents a plan view of my device, showing the wheels in a different re:- lation to each other. Fig. 8 represents a plan View of a portion of the braiding-machine, showing the same as adapted to produce a diamond braid. Fig. 9 represents a plan view of a portion of a braiding-machine, showing the same as adapted to produce a flat braid. Fig. 10 represents a plan view of a portion of a braiding-machine, showing the same as adapted to produce an open braid. Fig. 11 represents a plan view of a portion of a braiding-machine adapted to produce an open braid, but in which it is necessary to selvage. Fig. 12 represents a plan view of a portion of a diamond braid. Fig. 13 repree sents a plan view of a portion of a flat braid. Fig. 14 represents a plan view of an open braid. Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, I

complete train of wheels and gearing, since the same per se forms no part of my present which form the have deemed it unnecessary to illustrate and describe the invention and since my invention. relates 38 designatesa wheel having five notches or slots therein, and .39 designates a wheel having three slots therein.

The operation of my invention will now be readily apparent and is as follows: If the machine is arranged, as seen in Fig. 8, to produce a diamond braid, such as is shown in Fig. 12, the end wheels of the gearing will each have six notches or slots therein and the coacting wheels of the train will have four notches or slots therein. If a construction embed: ing m invention is employed and the pin 19 removed, the gear 10 travels as an idler and the gear 8 acts as a driving-gear, and in this case the wheel 31 will be rotated in such a manner that each alternate slot 32 therein will register Vll'th cne of the slots 16 in the wheel 13, as indicated in P igs. 1, 2, and 8. In case a flat braid, such as shown in Fig. 13, is to be produced, each of the end gears of the train will have five slots therein, and it is necessary to replace each of the whees having six slots therein. as indicated in Fig. 8, with wheels having five slots therein, as indicated in Pig. 9. 'lhis will produce a braid such as shown in Fig. 13. If it is desired to producea braid such as shown in Fig. 14, one of the end wheels of the train must have five slots therein and the other have three slots therein, as indicated in Fig. 11. In my construction I have dispensed with the necessity of emplo ing a separate gear adapted to actuate a wheel having three slots therein, and I accomplish this by so gearing the next to the last wheel of the train and the end wheel of the train in such a manner that either six slots in said wheel will register with the slots in the next to the last wheel or so that every other slot in the end wheel will register with a slot in the next to the last wheel. In this case it is only necessary to replace one of the last wheels of the train with a wheel having five slots therein, the other end wheel being adjusted in the following manner: The fastening device 35 is removed and the fastening device 19 is left in place, so that the gears 10 and 8 move in unison, and the wheel 26 serves as an idler, and the gear 10 serves as a driving member for the gear 29, and since the gear 10 has a larger number of teeth than the gear 29 it will be apparent that the gear 29 will be retated more rapidly than in case the gear 10 served as an idler and the gear 8 serves as a driving member for the gear 26. gear 10 serves as a driving member the wheel 31 is rotated in such a manner that every other slot 32 will register with a slot 16. In Fig. 7 I have shown the manner in which the wheels 31 and 13 would rotate, said wheels being shown in their intermediate position, so that every alternate slot in the wheel 31 would register with a slot in the wheel 16.

If the machine be adapted to produce an open braid and it is desired to produce a In case the diamond braid, the wheel having five notches or slots therein would be replaced by one having six notches therein, and the pin 19 is removed, so that the gear 8 acts as a driving member, and each slot in the wheel 31 would register with a slot 1.6 in the wheel 13.

It will thus be seen that a machine having a construction embody ing my invention connected therewith does away with the necessity of emplo 'ing a wheel having three slots therein, since a wheel having six slots therein may be emplo ed, and by emplo ing either the fastening device 35 or 19 said end wheel may t e readily adapted to perform the same function as separate wheels, the one having six slots therein and the other having three slots therein. I have deemed it unnecessary to show or describe in detail the construction and operation of a complete machine, since the same is well known to those skilled in this art and since any well-known form of braiding-machine would to emplo ed.

For convenience of ilustr aticn I have shown one form of fastening device which ma be emplo ed to fasten the difierent gears together, but it is apparent that any means may be emploj ed for fixing the gears with respect to each other and still be within the scope of invention. 3

It will be apparent that in my present constructicn I dispense with the emplof' merit of a wheel having three slots therein, and, furthermore, a large amount of time is saved in changing the machine so that it will produce either a diamond braid or an open braid, since it is only essential to replace one of the end gears and remove either the pin-19 or 35.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that I have reduced a novel and useful constructicn of raiding-machine, in which both time and material are saved and which embodies the features of advantage enumerated in the statement of invention and the foregoing description, and while I have in the present instance described the preferred embodiment thereof it is to be understood that it is susceptible of modification in various particu- V lars without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a braiding-machine, a wheel having four slots therein, an end wheel having six slots therein, and means for rotating said latter wheel so that every other slot registers with a slot in said first wheel.

2. In a braiding-machine, a wheel having slots therein, a gear fixed relative to said wheel, a gear intermediate said wheel and said fixed gear, a wheel having six slots therein, a gear carried thereby and adapted to engage said intermediate gear, a second gear on which said latter gear is mounted and cozacting said ifixed gear, and means'fior causing either zsa'idiixed gear or intermediate gear to act as a driving member.

8. In a hraiding-rnachine, a Wheel having four Islots therein, an end Wheel having six slots therein, irneans for rotating said end Wheehso rtha't eyerywslot rtherei-n registers with a'sl'ot linsaid first Wheel, "and :means iorefieoting the :rotationon. said end Wheel :solthat 'every otlrer slot therein'regis'tersWithe slot in said fiarst wheel.

PInaibraidrng-maohine, aitrainof *WlIGGlS hawiin a similar :nurnber of slots therein, an end W*'6Gll1fifVl'11g a dlifierent number of slots therein, means 'iiorrolt attng is aidend Wheel to cause 'eacheslot 'itherein to register with a slot in one of *the ot'her Wheels, :and means ifor rotating said send vdheel so that only :a portion of :thesl'ots :therein register with the slots in one of said -"other wheels.

5. din a-sbraiding-irnachine,razspindle, :a gear having :an extending :hub mounted i011 "said spindle, a Wheel .lhaving four :slots therein vtizxied to said lhu b, 2a second gear loosely monntedonisaidkhub zinterrnediat ezsaidwheel and :said Lfirst :gear, :a second spindle, a gear shaving fan extending hub mounted thereon andgeoacting with said first :gear, a gear? loosely mounted on said hub and 'coacting; with ssa'id sse'cond gear, :a wheel 'rhawing six islotsitherein carried Zb-ysaid *looselyemounted gear ,aandlnreans ifor icau'sing lthe {gears carried l either ithe ifirst or second spindle to move nnaunrson. i 16. dniabraiding-machine,za spindle, a gear hearing an extending :hu-b mounted on said spindle, -a wheel having dour :slots ithereing "fixed to :said :hub, a second gear loosely mounted-Ion said 'spindle intermediate said 3 Wheel and Esaidvfirst gear, a :second spindle, a 1 {gear "having :an extending hub mounted: ith'oreon and coasting with said first gear, a :geariliooselyfmounted (on-said 'hub andcoac'tin'gwithrsaid secondzgear, a Wheel haydng'six :s'lotsith'erein carriedjby'saidformerrgear, and removable =rneans for causing 'fthe cgearsjwarried by either the first or second rspindle to irnovefin'iunison.

7. .dn aibraidingsmachine, a/spin'dle, afgear thereon having an extendingihub, :arsecond :gtear loosely mounted on said :hub, 1a W'heel having four sslots therein fixe'dly carried by said hub, a second spindle, a-gearzhaying-an (extending lhub loosely mounted thereon and i'engagingisaidrfirsti ear-,ra.second'gear loosely 'rnount'e'don said: ub, a 'Wheel having-six :slots Itherein carried by said last igear, said last gear ooacting'with thesecond gear mountedfonitheifirsti spindle andimeans for causing either the ifirst or second ,geamon the spindle to act es la drivingznreans ,for the Wheel carried by tlIGSBQQIldFSPlDdilQ.

t8.. braiding-machine, a-spindle, a gear haying an-extendinghuibimonntedIthereon a v second gear having a L-larger \diaineter loosely mounted on said hub, :a Wheel having four slots therein fixedly carried by said rhub, a

second spindle, a gear hawing an extending hub loosely mounted thereon -asecond gear loosely mounted on said second :spindle and having an extending hub, 21 :sel-vage wheel carried :by said hub, the second gear onasaid loosely mounted thereon and having ansex- "tending 'hub and icoacting with the second- ,gear on the first spindle, a wheel lhaa' ing six slots #thereincarried ib-y ithe hub of (the second gBQ'TOH T/IIQSG'GOIldiSPlIlillllG,dihQ-SGGOIIdjgGHII DIl the second spindle having a :srnaller'diameter than the ifirst gear thereon, :and removable means engaging the two gears @on the first spindle to cause the same \to :move in unison.

150.. In re 'braiding amachnie, a zspindle, a gear having an extendedxhub'rmounted @1616- on, :a second/gear loosely mounted on said hub and having a larger diameter @than said first gear, Wheel having dour slots therein carried :by said hu'b, a second spindle, ."ai gear lnounted' thereon and "eoaoting with the f rst igeariof the first spindle, said; gear on theiseice 1 0nd ispindle having :an extending hub 'a second gear loosely irnounted -.thereon and hay ing on extending :hub :and '"coacting with ithe .secondagearcontheffirst-spindlae wheelhaV- ing; siX- slots :thereinacarried by the-hub .of-the second, gearon 'the second-spindle, lthesecond gear on the second spindle having a :smaller diameter than :the :firstgear thereon, .and removable means engaging the two ,gears -,on eitherspindle to (cause said gears :to :rnone in unison. y I 3 JAOQLB KIRBERG.

Witnesses: v 7 1 JOHN A. Wrnnnrisnnnvr,

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